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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Ten Reasons Employees Quit Jobs in IT Industry

With the worst behind and signs of
positive demand for outsourcing and offshoring from the U.S. and European
markets, which account for about 80 percent of Indian software exports, the IT industry
is gearing up for a gradual recovery in the new year. But Indian IT industry
still continues to face the problem of attrition, especially when companies are
now offering strong pay packages to make up for the lost ground. What really
drives employees to jump jobs? Is it only due to bad bosses or there are other
reasons involved as well?Silicon India surveyed people from the IT industry to find out top 10 reasons
why people quit their job in IT industry. While we were sure that organization
and management play a crucial part in the decision, there were many other
reasons as well which may have become more relevant in recent times.
"While most people including the managers are of the opinion that majority
of people leave because they are unhappy with their compensation, nothing could
be farther from the truth.

1. Mismatch between the promised job and the situation on hand

Employees are often promised certain things on what exactly the jobs consist of
but after joining the company they find out a completely different picture. It
becomes painfully clear to the new hire that the company played a
bait-and-switch game and now they are trapped in doing something that they
don't want to.2. Limited opportunity for personal growth and skills
"Every ambitious person is looking to further their career in the shortest
possible span of time. Hence despite being in a high growth sector if there
isn't ample opportunity for reasonably quick vertical or lateral growth; then
it is usually time to move on," says Pradeep Thomas Abraham, Managing
Director of Paytronic Networks limited. The most successful employers find ways
to help employees develop new skills and responsibilities in their current
positions.3. Boss too much to handle
Prashant Hannovar, Manager of Human Resource of NextBiT Computing has had a
fair deal of experience in dealing with different kinds of candidates. He says,
"Employee leaves the organization because of a

manager's leadership style
or bad management style. Employee leave because of managers who puts the blame
on the other employee, making others a scape goat, a Micro manager-who is known
for having no trust/confidence in self and on the team."4. Lack of recognition of the good work being put-in
Individual accomplishments should be considered by the company and should be
pointed out in praise that will help to further increase productivity, make the
employee feel appreciated, and create an example for other employees to follow,
knowing that they will be rewarded. "Many employees who have quit and
answered the exit interviews have revealed on not getting recognized despite of
hard work/good Performance," says Hannovar.5. Management freezes raises and promotions
Money is not always a very important category for people to quit, but it
definitely ranks high. Many employees quit the Organization as they get better
compensation/salaries with the competitors. Also with the salaries, many of the
Techies (engineers) today are offered Onsite opportunity too. This is the
normal phenomena in the IT Industry which nothing much can be worked out.6. Poor work culture/work ethic
Another important factor that results in undesired attrition is the bad work
culture. Bad work culture constitutes unhealthy political work environment
where you can find lot of rumors/grape wines, partiality, favoritism, lack of
trust, lack of good HR best practices like restrictions imposed on the
employees on clothing, leaves and many more.

7. Inability to maintain/achieve a healthy work-life balance
In the light of the recent trend of laying off huge number of employees, many
employees (who are not fired) feel the heat of too much work. Sometimes they
find themselves doing the work of more than two people which often result into
work taken home and extended office hours. Too much work often creates stress
which can force the employee to quit

8. Lack of Feedback Mechanisms
Lot of managers don't provide the proper feedback at regular intervals on the
employee performance. Many employees look for feedback which helps them to grow
in their career. Lack of feedback makes an employee or the team members
frustrated, feel out of the team or lost, which leads to the rise in the
attrition level in the organization.9. Lack of decision-making power
A lot of managers simply do not know how to delegate effectively. This results
in undue micro management by the immediate superior that shakes the faith and
self confidence of the employee. A manager should empower employees and allow
them the freedom to make suggestions and to take decisions.10. No fun or enjoyment in job/ unchallenged
Two scenarios can fit into this. One is when employee becomes dull of the daily
routine. Same job, with same skills and everything becomes dull, then it's time
for employees to move on. The second scenario can be when employee don't feel
challenged with the current job. Employees sometime need more responsibilities
and work to challenge their skills or they leave in hunt of another job for
fresh challenges.
There are many more reasons which may be valid from person to person but these
are the top ten reasons which the IT industry must really look upon to improve
on to reduce attrition. "The only way to work on retention is to
pro-actively focus on establishing policies, practices, systems and culture that
help reduce triggers on these counts,"